Chapter 63: Gas Bombs Fired at Japanese Soldiers
6.63 Gas bombs fired at Japanese troops
The third major general of Hiratsuka Province never thought that the tragedy of the 22nd Brigade would happen exactly the same to his head, when a local shell fell, the commander of the third brigade of Hiratsuka Province still insisted on the task This is the attack of a small group of Chinese troops, but only a short ten minutes later, the 35th Brigade Brigade Headquarters actually came to the brink of destruction!
Panic and fear climbed into the heart of the commander of the third brigade of Hiratsuka Province at the same time, if it weren't for his guards who escorted him into this compound in time and defended the wall, he might have been in a different place now!
The radio operator has been shouting for reinforcements from the middle and western wings, and the two squadrons of the 124th Wing have retreated quickly, and the captain of the 124th Wing in Houmei Village, Yoshimatsu Kokai, with his wing headquarters, also launched a frantic attack, and Yoshimatsu Kokai wants to come to the rescue of Hiratsuka Shizo, but unfortunately his situation is not much better. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Xu Zilong did not have enough troops to swallow the two pieces of fat in Qianmei Village and Houmei Village at the same time, he still had the ability to stab Xiaojie Fangsong a few times, and at the same time as attacking Hiratsuka Province, the 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 532nd Regiment also fired at the wing headquarters of the 124th Wing, although there was only 1 company, but because Xiaojie Fangsong could only have more than 200 people in his hands, the two sides were evenly matched, and no one could help anyone.
Xu Zilong, who had a headache and a lack of time for disaster relief, heard Lu Dayan and Da Niu say that they actually found more than a dozen boxes of poison gas bombs in the village, and Xu Zilong was on fire at that time! These devils actually brought such vicious murder weapons to Nanjing, and they didn't plan to poison the Nanjing garrison? Now these things are in our hands, you do the first year of junior high and I will do the fifteenth, so just let you taste these gas bombs yourself!
The officers and men of the 99th Division and the special service battalion were equipped with gas masks, Xu Zilong was not worried that he would accidentally injure his own people, and after making up his mind, Xu Zilong asked Lu Dayan to take the artillery to see those poison gas bombs, not to mention that there were more than a dozen boxes, and he should be able to find some shells suitable for artillery use.
Lu Dayan took a few artillery soldiers back to the yard with a well in the yard, Lieutenant Hattori finally stopped running all over the yard and sat on the ground panting, it seems that this kid was not lightly stimulated, Lu Dayan didn't have time to take care of Hattori Nianhong, he ran to the door of the house stacked with poison gas bombs and kicked the door open, and then he was about to move the shell box, and the artillery who ran into the house behind Lu Dayan quickly stopped Lu Dayan, the management of these gas bombs has strict regulations, if you come casually, it is simply suicide.
THE ARTILLERYMEN OPENED SEVERAL AMMUNITION BOXES ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AND FINALLY FOUND SOME POISON GAS SHELLS THAT COULD BE FIRED WITH 82MM MORTARS, BECAUSE THE JAPANESE ARMY WAS EQUIPPED WITH A LOT OF MORTARS OF THIS CALIBER, SO THEY ALSO PRODUCED MANY POISON GAS SHELLS OF THIS MODEL, AND NOW, THEY ARE CHEAPER THAN THE NANJING GARRISON.
The third major general of Hiratsuka Province suddenly felt an inexplicable nervousness, this feeling was very strange, the third major general of Hiratsuka Province had never had it before......
The Chinese troops outside the courtyard wall suddenly stopped their fierce offensive and began to retreat, and the infantry squadrons of the Zhongxi Chamber, which had already thrown off the Nanjing garrison that was entangled behind them, and advanced to an area only 10 minutes away from the front and rear plum villages, and the brigade headquarters of the third major general of Hiratsuka Province seemed to be about to escape.
But why do you feel uneasy?
"Shelling!"
Such a sound used to appear more on the positions of the Chinese army, but tonight it sounded again in the ears of the third major general of Hiratsuka Province, the high accuracy of the shelling of the mortar gunners of the Chinese army was terrifying, and at least half of the guards of the third major general of Hiratsuka Province fell under these shells in the previous shelling, and now the sound of shells passing through the air was heard, and even the third major general of Hiratsuka Province felt a little nervous!
The difference between this shelling and the previous one was that the falling shells did not make a loud noise and produced shrapnel flying everywhere after the explosion, the Japanese soldiers in the courtyard cautiously approached these duds, they did not notice that there was a dark blue gas in the night that was constantly volatilizing, and soon, the Japanese soldiers who were walking in the front began to rush to suffocate, they began to tear their throats, these Japanese soldiers did not seem to feel any pain at all, they scratched their faces and throats into a bloody blur, It's like there's a myriad of maggots wriggling in there!
Then the Japanese troops, who were far away from those duds, began to have the same situation! The third major general of Hiratsuka Province immediately remembered those "A bombs" piled upwind of the village entrance!
His subordinates have already shown obvious symptoms of poisoning, and the poisonous gas is even more imperceptible in the night, and even the third major general of Hiratsuka Province has already inhaled a lot of poisonous gas!
At this time, wearing a gas mask was no longer helpful, and the third major general of Hiratsuka Province gradually fell to the ground, and his skin began to burn, itchy! It's so itchy! It's a pain that goes deep into the bone marrow!
Five minutes later, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company of Special Agents wearing gas masks entered these courtyards, they took away important documents and the Japanese army's radio station, and then Xu Zilong ordered these courtyards to be burned!
Before the reinforcements of the 124th Wing arrived, Xu Zilong and his subordinates disappeared into the night, and the Chinese troops who were entangled with the Japanese army in the direction of the Central and Western Chambers suddenly disappeared.
Knowing that the big thing was not good, the captain of the small world Fangsong Wing hurriedly rushed into Qianmei Village with his wing headquarters, but those courtyards were already burning out of control, Xu Zilong sprinkled all the captured gasoline into these courtyards, he didn't want to leave the poisonous corpses of these devils to harm people......
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Huang Haoran of Taoyuan received two telegrams at the same time, one happy and one worried, the good news is that Xu Zilong's surprise attack has received good results, and the third major general of Pingzuka Province has become a lonely ghost; The worry is that Gu Shoufu's 6th Division broke the defense line of Moling Pass ten minutes ago, and is now advancing towards the line of Jinglong Mountain and Dongshan Bridge, and the fortification defense circle of Nanjing has been pierced by the 6th Division! Now that Moling Pass has been lost, Huang Haoran can no longer stay in Taoyuan, and Nanjing needs him to take charge!
The troops of the 1st Army took advantage of the opportunity of the 35th Brigade to lose command and fall into chaos to complete the change of defense with the 51st Division, after a night of hard fighting, the two divisions of the 1st Army have suffered more than half of the casualties, Li Tiejun's troops finally got the real order to retreat, but the direction of their retreat is not Wuhu but Nanjing City, Huang Haoran does not intend to let go of the 1st Army, Hu Zongnan's heart.
Xu Zilong's spy battalion repented of the Taoyuan defense line before dawn, and they were ordered to retreat together with the 1st Army, and the 532nd Regiment of the 99th Division actually played the role of supervising the army, although the 1st Army paid a great price in the battle with the 18th Division, but Li Tiejun, Li Wen and He Daru still lost the power to command this army.
When Huang Haoran returned to his headquarters, it was already dark, a lot of things had happened, the Zhenjiang fortress had been lost, Moling Pass was knocked open by the Japanese army, and the 1st Army was crippled in less than 12 hours, except that Xu Zilong led the army to kill the 35th Brigade Brigade Commander Pingzuka Provincial Third Major General, Huang Haoran worked hard all night and found that the rope loop on the neck of the Nanjing garrison was actually tightened again!
The death of the third major general of Hiratsuka Province actually did not cause a devastating blow to the 35th Brigade, because the defense line that the 51st Division needed to take over was originally garrisoned by two divisions, so Huang Haoran failed to draw enough troops to give the 35th Brigade a fatal blow, and the 18th Division only needs to appoint another brigade commander The 35th Brigade can be resurrected in an instant after a slight adjustment, and this round with Matsui Shigen can be regarded as a mutual victory or defeat!
Huang Haoran thinks this way does not mean that Tada Jun will also think so, less than an hour after finally hearing the good news of conquering Zhenjiang, Tada Jun got the news of the death of the third major general of Hiratsuka Province, and the anger in Tada Jun's eyes is about to dry Matsui Shigen!
Another loss of a Japanese general! This is already the fourth high-ranking Japanese officer to die at the hands of Huang Haoran since the start of the Songhu War on August 13! At this rate, even if the Central China Front can finally conquer Nanjing, I am afraid that few division commanders will be able to participate in the ceremony of entering the city!
"Matsui-kun! You teach me! How can I explain it to the Emperor! ”
Tada Jun threw the problem to Matsui Ishone, and he didn't pay attention to it, if Tada Jun returned to Tokyo with such a gift on this trip to Shanghai, then his official position may be lost!
Matsui Shigen's eyes quickly turned twice, he knew that he had to stabilize Tada Jun first, stabilizing Tada Jun is equivalent to stabilizing Lu Xiang Sugiyama Yuan, now what the Central China Front needs is not accusations and blows, only by immediately sending more army divisions can we take Nanjing as soon as possible, as long as Nanjing is taken, then all the losses of the army have a fig leaf!
"Tada-kun! If I were you, you would choose not to mention the death of the third major general of Hiratsuka Province, isn't there enough ammunition for the anti-war faction to strike us? We can't be stupid enough to hand them shells anymore! The Ministry of War should ask the Emperor and the Cabinet to mobilize more divisions! Only in this way will we have a chance to turn over! ”
"You! How can you still make such an unreasonable request? The Emperor will not satisfy your ambitions! Your Majesty is observing! Did you know by observing? He knows everything! The emperor doesn't say anything, he's just buying time for us! Do you understand?! "Tada thinks that Matsui Ishine has lost his mind and continues to deceive the emperor? Where is Emperor Hirohito so easy to deceive!
"Then please keep silent on Your Majesty the Emperor! Silence is the best option at this time! The Ministry of War has changed its own choice! ”
Matsui Ishone's answer startled Tada! What is the difference between doing so and rebelling? Does Matsui want to tie him, Lu Xiang and the cabinet to the chariot of the Central China Front?
"Commander Matsui! You are crazy! You're just crazy! The Emperor will not agree! The Emperor could not have agreed! You actually want to get such crazy power from His Majesty the Emperor! But what can you give the emperor?!! ”
Matsui Ishine knelt down in front of Tada Jun suddenly, his actions made Tada Jun tense his nerves again, what amazing thing is this Matsui Ishine going to do?
Tada's eyes widened and he stared at Matsui Ishone, who slowly raised his head, his eyes full of fanaticism!
Matsui Ishone said loudly to Tada, "Please tell the Emperor!" As long as he gives me the army! I will return him to Nanjing! Give him back the whole of China! Give him back a great Japanese empire for thousands of years! ”
After saying that, Matsui Ishine fell deep on the ground, Tada Jun shook his head weakly, he had to admit that Matsui Ishine, a madman, caught the itch of Emperor Hirohito! It looks like the whole of Japan is going crazy about this tempting big cake!
Matsui Ishone, is he the god of war that Japan expects or the devil who pushes Japan into a catastrophe?
"Get up! Matsui-kun! I will do our best with Lu Xiang, and Nanjing must be taken as soon as possible! If you can't eat the cake in your mouth, it doesn't look good! His Majesty the Emperor is wise and will definitely make the right decision!
Tokyo's political scene is destined to start a new round of storms!
And the center of this storm is Matsui Shigen, the Nanjing battlefield and Huang Haoran!
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Wuhan, Luojia Mountain.
In order to solve the insomnia and anorexia of the supreme authorities, the "Madame" found an American private doctor and a few Zhejiang cooks who could cook the dishes of the supreme authorities' hometown.
This morning, the Supreme Authority was sitting on a wicker chair in the garden in his beloved satin coat and reading the newspaper that had just been delivered.
"Darling, I feel good, I don't have to add these things anymore, these days, I'm sorry for you......"
Although the man wearing dentures in front of him has an absurd past and disgraceful deeds, he has been behaving like a model husband since he married "Madame", and "Madame" feels extremely pleased to be able to get such a life partner.
"Darling! What happened to you? Am I saying something wrong? It's all because the war in Nanjing has involved too much of my energy! Hope you understand......"
The highest authorities never looked back when they talked to their wife, which may be the tacit understanding formed by their marriage over the years.
"I understand, but you still have to pay attention to your body, the morning here is very humid, there is no harm in covering more......" said Madame put the blanket in her hand on the knee of the highest authority, so that when the "Madame" walked in front of the supreme authority, her face was full of bright smiles, where can you still find the shadow of sadness!
The highest authority nodded to his wife, and everything was silent, and the highest authority showed his gentle side to this wife, who had given him countless political help.
At this time, Qian Dajun walked over with a folder, and he saw the actions of the highest authority and the "lady" from afar, so Qian Dajun immediately slowed down, he didn't want to disturb his master.
"Madame" had actually seen Qian Dajun a long time ago, and she knew that Qian Dajun's appearance in the garden at this time must have happened to the front line, and "Madame" was a little reluctant to let these troublesome things hinder the good mood of the highest authorities, so she deliberately pretended not to see Qian Dajun, and continued to laugh with the highest authorities.
"Madame" and the highest authorities talked about some newspaper news and current affairs in Wuhan, when they spoke, Qian Dajun always stood quietly at the far end of the lawn, like a statue, after a while the highest authorities also saw Qian Dajun, from the "Madame" somewhat coquettish expression in the highest authorities saw the "Madame" worried and loving him, but the highest authorities still beckoned Qian Dajun over, and at the same time whispered: "State affairs are important......
Since the supreme authorities have seized the moral high ground with a single word, it is not easy for the "madam" to continue to play a petty temper. She sat down on the wicker chair opposite the supreme authority with some puffiness, and then stirred the black tea in the cup with a silver teaspoon.
Qian Dajun is a person who has been with the highest authorities and "Madame" for many years, of course he knows what "Madame's" performance is for, but today he Qian Dajun is not here to pretend to be a crow and sing down, there has just been a good news on the battlefield in Nanjing!
"Tell me! I'm listening! ”
The supreme authorities have heard enough of the troublesome things these days, and the public opinion still has quite a lot of complaints about him leaving Nanjing and running to Wuhan, especially the Japanese newspapers, which directly described the supreme authorities as a cowardly leader, and although such news did not occupy the mainstream, the supreme authorities still felt unhappy.
People like to hear good news, and the war reports that Qian Dajun reports every day are the news of the Chinese army's defeat and retreat, and the supreme authorities have already felt a little numb, so at the same time that Qian Dajun began to read, the supreme authorities once again unfolded the newspaper in their hands.
"In North China, the Japanese army has captured ....... The Zhenjiang fortress fell last night, and the 103rd Division suffered heavy losses .... The 6th Division of the Japanese Army has crossed the Moling Pass and is now heading to Dongshan Bridge ......."
Sure enough, it was another bunch of bad news, as Qian Dajun kept reading, the brows of the highest authorities became tighter and tighter, and the face of "Madame" began to turn cloudy!
Qian Dajun deliberately put the news that the Nanjing garrison killed the commander of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the third major general of Hirazuka Province, at the end, he just wanted to surprise the highest authorities!
“....... Last night, the Nanjing garrison sent a combined force to attack the headquarters of the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army in Meicun, before and after Jiangning, killing the commander of the Japanese Major General Brigade Hiratsuka Shengsan, killing and wounding more than 300 Japanese soldiers! Seizure is not counted! The above is the battle report as of 6 o'clock this morning! Debriefing is over! Please give me a lecture! ”
"If there is anything else to say, leave it to the General Staff for archiving......"
The highest authorities have really had enough these days, and he didn't listen to Qian Dajun's words at all, such a morning is simply a disappointment!
Qian Dajun didn't expect it to be such a instruction, and he couldn't help but remind the highest authorities: "Commission!" Huang Haoran's troops killed another Japanese major general! Do you think it's a telegram to them? ”
"Hmmm! What did you say? Say it again! ”
Qian Dajun could only read the ending words again, and this time the highest authorities concentrated their spirit, and even listened to every pause of Qian Dajun!
"Good! All right! Huang Haoran really didn't disappoint me! It's not in vain that I moved Gui Yongqing for him, and handed over the 1st Army to him, and Shoushan's baby troops can be regarded as being used on the edge of the knife, madam, this little guy you appreciate is quite outstanding! I think it's up to you to praise him, right? ”
It turned out that everything Huang Haoran did to Gui Yongqing had already been seen through by the highest authorities! The reason why Huang Haoran's plan was not exposed was mainly because the highest authorities felt that everything Huang Haoran did was to better hold Nanjing, and it was precisely in order to fight a beautiful battle in Nanjing that the highest authorities chose to turn a blind eye......
When the "Madame" heard that the supreme authorities had asked her to send a telegram of commendation to Huang Haoran, she understood that the supreme authorities were extremely happy, and since leaving Nanjing, the "Madam" had never seen the supreme authorities smile so happily!
It seems that this Huang Haoran is really the "lucky star" of the couple! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )